Ross Meentemeyer

Bio

Education

Ph.D., Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2000)
B.S., Geography, University of Georgia (1993)

Research Interests

Geospatial analytics, ecological forecasting, biological invasions, forest health, landscape change

Center for Geospatial Analytics

Area(s) of Expertise

Geospatial Analytics and Landscape Ecology

Publications

• Quantifying uncertainty in forecasts of when and where invasions happen , BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS (2025)
• Border Interceptions Reveal Variable Bridgehead Use in the Global Dispersal of Insects , GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY (2024)
• Creating spatially complete zoning maps using machine learning , COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS (2024)
• GIATAR: a Spatio-temporal Dataset of Global Invasive and Alien Species and their Traits , SCIENTIFIC DATA (2024)
• Global patterns in river water storage dependent on residence time , NATURE GEOSCIENCE (2024)
• Projecting the long-term effects of large-scale human influence on the spatial and functional persistence of extant longleaf pine ecosystems in the Florida Flatwoods Pyrome , CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE (2024)
• The safe development paradox of the United States regulatory floodplain , PLOS ONE (2024)
• An open-source platform for geospatial participatory modeling in the cloud , ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE (2023)
• Forecasting global spread of invasive pests and pathogens through international trade , ECOSPHERE (2023)
• Point Density Variations in Airborne Lidar Point Clouds , SENSORS (2023)